CHICAGO — Advocate Health Care is closing all of its clinics inside Walgreens stores in Illinois. The health care system announced Wednesday that 47 of its locations will shut down next Thursday. Advocate said it will offer various alternate positions for the employees involved.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Advocate Health Care announced Wednesday that it has decided to close its clinics inside Illinois Walgreens drugstore locations. The 47 clinics will all close on Thursday, Feb. 6. The hospital group said the closures will allow it to expand its virtual services and in-person care at its primary and urgent care locations.

Advocate Health Care, the largest provider of medical care in Chicago, is closing 47 clinics it has operated inside Walgreens stores for nearly a decade.